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APPENDIX:
Waldrons of Note from Outside Ireland

Many Waldrons from outside Ireland have also achieved a measure of fame or
notoriety or done research into the family history. Some of them are mentioned
briefly here.
I. Elisha Dunbar Waldron, born in Elgin, Illinois on January 27, 1848 could
  trace his ancestry to Foulke Waldron, most of whose nine children emi-
  grated from Coventry, Warwickshire, England to Boston, Massachussets
  between 1650 and 1680. Foulke in turn was the great-grandson of an
  Edward Waldron. 19

2. Ebenzer Waldron and Mary Bennis, whose daughter Rebecca Jane was
  born in Sout;hborough, Massachussets on January 12, 1871, are the ances-
  tors of Mrs. Paul J. Fraser formerly of 144 Hampton Green, Colby Village,
  Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2V 1L5, Canada (current address unknown).

3. George Waldron (1690-1730?), topographer and poet, was son of Francis
  Waldron of London, who was descended from an ancient family in Essex.

4. Francis Godolphin Waldron (1744-1818) was a British writer and actor.

5. A Baron Waldron received a grant of a large tract of land on both sides of
  the Harlem River in New York. A suit was brought in about 1903 by his
  descendants in 26 States of the Union in the name of Col. Samuel Waldron
  who lived on the disputed lands to recover $20,000,000 or possession of
  the lands.

6. L. Waldron of 7 Wongaburra St., Jindalee, Queensland, Australia 4074
  (phone: 07 376 1170) planned to publish a Waldron Family History in
  1987.
7. The Waldrons of 8 Rongotai Place, Whangerei, New Zealand are de-
  scended from Edward Francis Waldron and Jane Poynter whose son was
  born in Worster in 1870 and migrated to New Zealand.

8. Waldrons were baptized into the Reformed Dutch Church in New York as
  early as 1659, and these may have a separate origin in Holland. Will Libers
  in Surrogates Office, NYC, vol. 7, p. 226 record John Waldron married
  Cornelia Hardenbrook on October 27, 1704.20

9. Sixty-five people named Waldron were listed in the 1989 Sydney, NSW,
  Phone Directory, 1 person named Waldren, 1 Waldram and 1 Waldron-
  Brown.

19 E.D.Waldron.
20 IGI, Genealogical Publishing.